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Patented september s, 1903.4

PA-TENT OFFICE..

COMPANY, A CORPORATION "OF ILLINOIS.

WATER-COOLER EQUlPMENT.

"SPEGIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,712, dated September 8, 19613.

L A! Application tiled February 11, 1903. Serial No. 142,822. (No model.)

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Be it known that l, J AMES T. COLE, a citizen of the UnitedwStatesJesidiug at Chicago,in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have iuvented a new and useful Improvement in Water-CoolerEquipments, of which the following is a specification. j ,l

Myinventon relates to an improvement in the class of appurtenances commonly known as water-coolers, which are provided as their more ordinary use in oiiices and housewater furnished from time to time as the supplyrequires replenishment by dealers in suchl water. j

`It is a common practice of such dealers to distribute the drinking-water to their customy ers in portable holders, such as sheet-metal cans and glass bottles, each containing a predetermined quantity, (usually a number of gallons,) and from a holder'thus delivered the contents are usually poured or a portion thereof from time to time into the tank of the cooler, wherein the water is subjected to the and whence the Water is drawn off for drink-` ing through aj-faucet. The common practice thus stated is objectionable,because the water dition by the dealer, is subjected to contaminationfrom the lair to which it isexposed in the cooler-tank and while being poured therein,as also from impuritiesin the tank itself.

supply ofdrinking-water the entire quantity thereof in the tank is subjected to the cooling effect of the ice-supply, whereby the latter is extravagantly consumed.

The primary object of my invention is to overcome the lfirst named of the objections referred. to. This I accomplish by adapting the portable holder in which the water-supply is delivered to the consumer to be seated at its neck in an inverted position on or in the cooler-tank in valve-controlled communicadraft-supply` may be taken fromtime to time directly from `the original holder. This construction thus" generally outlined also permits the water from the inverted holder to be passed to thefaucet through a pipe-coil packed with or supporting a supply of ice, whereby only the contents of the coil are subjected nto the refrigerating influence and whereby, therefore, the second named of my aforesaid objects is accom plished.

Referring to the accompanyingdrawings,

Figure l shows a water-cooler with uIny improved equpment in its preferred form in side elevation. Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal vertical section of the same with the lower portion of the stand and the upper portion of the water-holder broken away; Fig. 3, an enlarged view in vertical sectional elevation, showing the neck of the portable water-holder provided with its seating attachment and the seat therefor on the coolertank; Fig. 4, a View in side elevation of a clamping-collar detail through the medium of which the seating attachment for the water-holder neck may be separably fastened thereto, and Fig. 5 a plan View of the clamping-collar. V

` A denotes the cooler-tank, which may be formed in any desired shape of sheet metal orV other suitable material. It is represented as resting on a bed a, supported on braced legs b, and as carrying on its base a withdrawable and replaceable waste-waterI receptacle c, having adrinking-glass supporto extending from it. In Fig. 2 a sealed drippipe d is shown leading from the base of the tank A into the receptacle ci The parts thus described need involve no feature of novelty. B is a seat for supporting at its neck` in the manner hereinafter described a portable opening f through it, connected by apipe g with a draw-off faucet D, projecting from the tank. The pipe g is represented in Fig. 2 in its preferred form as including a coil on the bottom of the tank, so that when iceis contained in the tank it will exert its cooling effect through the coilu pon the contentsthereof. Within the sleevee is seated and fastened a cup e' of tapering shape, which is best formed as a ianged metal casting with a nipple e2 at its lower end at which to attach the pipe g, and from a spider es in the rco bottom of the cup over the openingf there extends upward a rigid stop e4, shown as a Vertical rod.

For the general purposes of my improvement the portable holder C may be of any suitable variety, provided its discharge-outlet is in the form of a nozzle or neck. On the f sleeve t', flanged at one end and internally threaded toward its opposite end, is connected with the threaded end of the collar h by a flanged coupling-ring 7a, engaging the sleeve at its flange. This sleeve t' is cast with an internal ring i', forming the pass age t2, and with a tubular neck t3, into the upturned end of which is screwed a venttube F', the opposite end of the neck having screwed into it a vent-cock l". Between the holder-neck and the ring i is interposed a rubber gasket Z. vA valve-seat m, cast in the tapering form illustrated, is screwed into the sleeve t' and carries a spring-pressed check'- valve m on a stem m2, the valve and stein being provided with suitable guides, and a rubber gasket n surrounds the valve-seat and is provided in a shape to conform to the eX- ternal surface of the valve-seat and to the internal surface ofthe seating-cup e. y

To apply my invention practically, a holder C, containing the supply of drinking-water, which is delivered to the consumer in sealed condition, as bya cork in the neck, is opened at the place of use of the water, and the seating attachment E is adjusted on the neck, as illustrated in Fig.3. In the adjustment of the seating attachment the vent-tube F enters the holder. With the attachment in place the gasket Z and valve m eftectually seal the holder, which is thereupon inverted and introduced at the gasket-covered valve-seat m into the seating-cup e' on the tank A, in which inverted position it is thus sustained with adequate rmness. In adjusting the holder, as described, the stop-rod e4 abuts against the valve m', raising it from its seat and permitting water from the holder under the action of the vent on opening the cock F to flow into and fill the coil g, whence it may be withdrawn as desired through the faucet D.

lf the portable holder C is seated at its neck in an exposed condition, as shown, in-A While the particular construction shown and described of means for seating the portable holder in inverted position at its neck for accomplishing my purpose is the best now known to me, it maybe variously modified without departure from my invention. Hence I do not limit my invention to that construction. Moreover, although I have referred herein only to drinking-water as forming the contents of the portable holder my invention is obviously equally useful in connection with any liquid beverage forming suchcontents.

It will be understood from .the description that it is my intention, because preferable, though not essential, that the seating attachment for the bottle or holder shall remain where the cooler is located, where it is conveniently accessible for adjustment on a fresh holder after being detached from one that has been emptied. y

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In combination, a cooler-tank provided with a draw-off faucet-and containing a pipecoil leading lo said faucet, a seat on said tank comprising a downwardly-tapering cup opening into the inlet end of said coil and containing a stop, a portable liquid-holder having a neck, a gasket-covered valve-seat secured to said neck to enter and t in said cup to seat therein said holder at its neck, and an inwardly-opening check-valve in said seat in position to be engaged by said stop.

2. In combination, a cooler-tank provided with a draw-off faucet and containing a pipecoil leading to said faucet, a seat on said' tank comprising an upright sleeve, a cup therein opening'into the inlet end of said coil and containing a stop, a portable liquid-bolder having a neck, and a gasket-covered valve-seat secured to said neck to enter said cup and seat therein said hold-er at itsne'ck, and an inwardly-opening check-valve in said seat in position to be engaged by said stop.

3, In combination., a cooler-tank prvided with a drawoff faucet and containing a pipecoil leading to said faucet', a seat onsaid tank comprising an upright sleeve, and a downwardly-tapering cup therein connected at its open base'with the inlet end of said coil and containing a, stop, a portable liquidholder having a neck, and a seating attachment for said holder comprising a collar surrounding' the holder-neck,- a sleeve coupled to said col-l lar and carrying a tubular neck provided at one end with a Vent-tube to enter said holder and at its opposite end with a vent-cock, a tapering valve-seat connected with said sleeve and provided with` a gasket to enter said cup for seating said holder in inverted position at its neck, and a spring-pressed check-valve confined in said valve-seat in position to be engaged by said stop. Y

Y JAMES T. COLE. In presence ofv L. HEISLAR, WALTER WINBERG.y

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